Speaker bio page for Stefanos Kladakis

Bio

Stefanos graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Corps Officers Military Academy in 1995. He received post-graduation studies in small animal medicine and surgery in Greece and USA for 3 years.
He is an officer of Hellenic Army Veterinary Corps and has served as a Consultant and as a Director of Veterinary Clinics in three Hellenic Armed Forces Veterinary Hospitals. Currently he serves at C’ Army Veterinary Hospital in Thessaloniki, as a Director of the Military Working Dogs Department (Reproduction and Training Unit and Veterinary Referral Clinic).
He also works in private practice as an independent referral surgeon in Vet Surgery Referral Centre of Thessaloniki (www.animalsurgery.gr) and cooperates as a mobile surgical associate with several private small animal practices, hospitals and clinics in Greece and abroad.
He has published 61 papers in national and international congress proceedings and veterinary journals and has been an invited speaker in 38 national and international veterinary conferences, courses, seminars, webinars and wet labs in soft tissue surgery topics.
He has also been appointed as a member of organising and scientific committees in several veterinary scientific events (congresses, conferences and webinars).
Stefanos is an active member of several national and international veterinary associations. Since 2013 he is a member of the board of directors of Hellenic Companion Animal Veterinary Society (HCAVS, a WSAVA member, www.hcavs.gr) and from April 2019 the President of the Society.
He is an active sportsman, with basketball, tennis, swimming and running being his favorite. He is a big fun of Premier League and Formula 1, has a great interest in technology and enjoys surfing the internet and being active in social media.